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"And that is what made me suspecious of him.. and according to my father this prophecy has happened in his great grandfather's time.. his great grandfather died to save his mate!"

His father pause and reaches for the coffee on his table and takes a sip.

"The seer is lying?"

"Yes! I didn't believe his prophecy so I sent some of the pack trackers to keep an eye on him... They heard him talking to someone on the phone, which actually confirm my doubts.. he's lying!"

Ray bangs on the table and growls lowly.

"He dares lie to the alpha's face! I'll kill him!"

"No!" Ray frown deeply at his father. "We don't know why he lied, and we don't know who he's working for! Let's continue watching him and pretend like we don't know of his little lie!"

Ray grumpily look away from his father, gritting his teeth.

"You knew he was lying why didn't you tell me?! I was busy comforting my mate and thinking of how to resolve everything without bloodshed!"

"Oh, I wanted to see if you and your mate are gonna panic.. but surprisingly you didn't.. your mom even mind linked me of how active you both are before you got here!"

Ray scoffs. Then Ray recalls something.

"But if he is lying, how do you explain my mate's eyes glowing that day in the woods... Also, I haven't felt her wolf since then, like her wolf disappeared!"

His father chuckles lightly.

"I believe that's the seer's little trick to make us believe she's really a witch! Her wolf will be back when the spell cast on her wears off!"

"When is that gonna be?"

"I don't know, maybe when the time is right!"

"Oh!" Ray nods thoughtfully.. he's secretly happy that his mate is a wolf after all.

"Right, some of our fighter spot your uncle near the orphanage!"

Ray's eyes hardens and he clenched his jaw.

"What does he want? I thought he left and promised never to return?"

"I don't know what brought him back, but I want you to go to the orphanage later.. make sure everything is ok there!"

Ray doesn't say a word but his father knows Ray heard him.

"That's all, go back and explain to your mate, lest she'll die of panic attack!"

"Alright, please excuse me Alpha!" Ray said and heads back.

Stacey's POV

"Wow!" I awed. "This decor is beautiful"

"Really?" Aunt asked.

I nod, smiling happily... this is the most beautiful ballroom I've ever seen... even the ones in the movies aren't as dreamy as this.

"I think so too, but that's my style... we're gonna change it to your style before your induction!" Aunt said.

"Why are we changing it?! This is beautiful.. really, really beautiful!"

She laughs.

"It's tradition, darling, every Luna queen chooses their own design for their induction ceremony!" She explains.

I sighed, the smile on my face wipes off.

This is the most beautiful ballroom I've seen, I don't think I can do anything better than this.. for crying out loud, I don't even know any designs!

Aunt seems to notice my discomfort and puts an arm on my shoulder.

"Don't worry, darling, that's why we hired an event planner.. she'll be here soon!"

I nod.

"Let's go over there and sit down!" She said and points at a table.

We walk towards the table and sits down.

Aunt claps her hands and two maids walk towards us.. envelopes.. plain sheets.. pens.. on a tray in their hands.

They drops them gently on the table and bows slightly before walking back to the direction they came from.

"So we'll start writing the invitations to while away time until your event planner comes!" Aunt said.

She puts some sheets of papers in front of me and hands me a pen.

"I'll write one as a sample for you, then you can follow suit!"

I nod and she starts writing. When she's done, she hands it to me with a warm smile.

"You can use that!"

"Thanks, aunt!" I said.

She simply smiles and raffles my hair gently, I starts writing.. aunt also starts writing.

Few minutes gone, aunt suddenly ask a question.

"Stacey, what do you think about my boy?"

"Your boy?" I asked, slightly confused.

"Ray!" She replies.

"Oh, Ray has being nice to me.. he's caring.. cold on the outside but warm inside and he loves me too!"

She giggles.

"I already know that, honey, I mean, what do you think of him? How do you feel around him?"

Oh, she wants to know what I feel for Ray? How should I explain it to her?

"Are you just with him because he's your mate? Or because you really love him?"

Wait... Why is she suddenly asking me this?

"Is he your ideal man? Does he meets your criteria?"

Ok, this is a college entrance examination!

Stacey's POV

"Are you just with him because he's your mate? Or because you really love him?"

Wait... Why is she suddenly asking me this?

"Is he your ideal man? Does he meets your criteria?"

Ok, this is a college entrance examination!

I fold my lips in my mouth shortly and thinks about it for a little while... I don't know if it's appropriate to tell Aunt what I really think.

And I don't know if I'll speak out of line.

Aunt stops writing and stares at me curiously, I release a nervous laugh.

"Aunt, I...." I trail off.

"Stacey, relax, I'm just being curious!" She rubs my shoulder lightly as if it will help me calm down.

I took a deep breath and really feel myself relaxing slowly...

"Ray... he's trying. He doesn't really meets my criteria...as a teenager, I have always dreamed of getting married to a prince charming like Cinderella... I have always imagine my husband to be tall, handsome and brave with a well built body... imagine him to be a very romantic and gentle man...his smile will be solely reserve for me... he'll propose to me by the beach side with a perfect view of the sun setting...And we'll have a perfect fairytale wedding!"

I pause and puts my elbow on the table, resting my chin on my palm with a dreamy smile on.

"Of course, Ray is tall, handsome, brave and very well built... he's the perfect prince charming in my dreams... yes, he's got that smile solely reserve for me... But after getting to know Ray, I come to realize that those features mean nothing...i don't love him.... " I trail off.

Aunt gasp and grip my hands tightly, she turns me to face her.

We hear a loud bang behind the door and the door burst open, aunt and I turn to take a look at the cause of the noise.

It's Ray, he's walking away angrily.. his fist balled. What got him angry? Did someone offend him?

Aunt turns to me with a frown.

"What do you mean you don't love him? Is he lacking somewhere?"

I frown, what is she talking about? Is she misunderstanding me?

But I'm not done talking!

"Tell me, honey, I'll tell him and get him to change, ok?"

Her grip is getting too tight, I guess it's because she's anxious.

"Aunt, you're hurting me!" I said.

She quickly lets go of my hands and I rubs them against each other to numb the pain.

"I'm sorry, honey, just tell me where Ray is lacking"

I shake my head.

"Aunt, he's not lacking anywhere, though he's not perfect but he's trying to be...."

"But you just said you don't love him, it must be because he's lacking somewhere, right?"

I laugh lightly.

"That was before, I didn't love him before because he was too straight forward. Like the first time he saw me, he just rushed towards me and engulfed me in a very tight hug and started calling me mate....."

I trail off as my mind flashes back to the very first time we met.. when he was courting me and calling me his court girl.

"He was acting like a caveman and going like 'I love you Stacey, marry me'.. goodness, I was like what century are we in!"

I laugh and aunt joins in too.

"I wanted nothing to do with him then, I was calling him a madman.. but I later decided to give him a chance and I saw that he's actually a nice guy... he doesn't meet my ideal romantic guy but he's romantic in his own possessive ways... I can see and feel how much he loves and cares for me... I find myself slowly falling in love with him and I swear, I have fallen deeply for him... "

Aunt smile widens as she stares at me quietly.

"I don't know when or how but I have fallen in love with him... I realize those features doesn't mean a thing and I don't love him because of them... I love him because of his sincerity and genuine love towards me!"

Aunt engulfs me in a tight hug.. a bone crushing hug to be precise.. I couldn't complain.

I just let her hug me to her heart content. She pulls away and holds my hands.. she first releases a long sigh.

"Goodness! I thought you don't love Ray, I wouldn't have known what to do cause I really love you... I love you the same way I love my pups and I don't want anything to break you and Ray!"

She taps her chest lightly.

"It's good you love him too!"

She smiles and pats my hair fondly, she picks her pen and picks another plain sheet of paper.

"Although, us wolves don't do weddings, we can make your induction look like a wedding ceremony..."

"You can?!" I interrupts her before I can stop myself.

I put a strand of hair behind my ear and chew my lower lip... She laughs.

"I'm sorry for interrupting you"

"It's fine honey, but yes, we can. I'm just not sure if Ray's gonna engage you by the beach side"

"It's fine, aunt, happiness is all that matters and I'm very happy being with him"

She nods.

"Ok, tomorrow we'll go out of town to pick out a wedding gown for you!"

"Out of town?" I frown.

Why don't I like the sound of going out of town?

"Yeah, we'll pick a very beautiful wedding dress for you!"

I simply nod.

"Let's continue, until your event planner comes!"

Writer's pov

At a bar...! 3:17pm...!

"Ok... Alpha, did you bring me here to watch you drink?" Karl asked.

Ray ignores him and pours another glass of whiskey and gulps it all in one go.

"Alpha, is something bothering you?"

Ray still doesn't respond to him, he keeps gulping glasses upon glasses of whiskey.

It gets to a stage, he angrily throws a glass across the bar... thankfully, they're the only ones in the bar.

Hence, the glass didn't hit anyone.

"Why am I not getting drunk?!" He growls angrily.

"Alpha, are you trying to get yourself drunk?" Karl asked.

"Yes! I wanna fucking get drunk!"

Karl gets up and walk towards the bartender, he whispers something in the bartender's ear.

The bartender nods and walks somewhere... Karl comes back to their table and sits down.

"Get me more whiskey!" Ray growls.

Karl laughs.

"If you really wanna get drunk, Alpha, whiskey can't do it. Humans drinks don't have any effect on us, werewolves!"

Ray bangs on the table.

"Then get me something effective!"

"Coming right up!" Karl replies.